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Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 21

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous -

Al-Baqarah · 2:21

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  1. يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
  2. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
  3. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūworship
  4. رَبَّكُمُrabbakumuyour Lord
  5. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  6. خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
  7. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those
  8. مِنminfrom
  9. قَبْلِكُمْqablikumbefore you
  10. لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
  11. تَتَّقُونَtattaqūnabecome righteous

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